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City considers proposals to alter the Strip Kyle Turner Staff Writer

Police: Hospital shooter mentally ill, had grudge KNOXVILLE — A mentally ill gunman who killed a hospital worker and wounded two others was upset with a doctor he thought had implanted a monitoring device during an appendectomy in 2001, police said Tuesday.

Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV said gunman Abdo Ibssa first entered a medical tower near Parkwest Medical Center and asked for the doctor who performed the appendectomy.

After being told the doctor wasn’t there, Ibssa went to another area where patients are discharged and opened fire with a revolver.

He killed himself after shooting the three women who work at the hospital on Monday, a day before his 39th birthday.

Cumberland Avenue, known to UT students as the Strip, is due for a face-lift, and city planners are proposing options for a more pedestrian-friendly street corridor.

Monday evening, City of Knoxville metropolitan planners held a forum welcoming citizens’ opinions on three proposals for Cumberland Avenue. Each proposal includes substantive changes to the Strip in an attempt to transform the busy street into a style more along the lines of a meeting place and restaurant venue.

Two options require reducing Cumberland from four to three street lanes, and the third option would widen sidewalks and allow for aesthetic changes along the four-lane street.

The two three-lane proposals differed between including a center turning lane or a ribbon median, which would reduce the ability for driver turn-offs.

Once completed, the traffic delays from 17th Street to Alcoa Highway are expected to be approximately 150 seconds extra during peak afternoon hours, Anne Wallace, project manager with the Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project, said.

If lanes were reduced to three with or without a median, 15-20 percent of current traffic would be diverted, decreasing vehicle congestion and making Cumberland safer for pedestrians.

According to Knoxville traffic data, approximately 30,000 cars travel Cumberland daily, whereas nearly half that number are recorded on roads intended for a higher capacity, such as Neyland Drive.

The project’s estimated costs are 11.5 to 15 million dollars of federal funding and are overseen

by Tennessee Department of Transportation.

“By no means are we ready to start building,” Steve King, Knoxville’s Director of Public Works, said. “Many steps still have

to be taken.”

Wallace said TDOT has obtained a contract, hired consultants for design work, taken surveys and expanded traffic studies.

“The first step in a federal project has been reached, and we have received an environmental permit from TDOT,” Wallace said.

The main goal of the project is to encourage development of the corridor for multiple uses and make Cumberland an urban environment.

The project officially started in 2006 with the hiring of consultants, hosting public forums and convening an advisory board to explore all possible options.

Citizens at the public meeting raised concerns about adequate parking after the project has been completed.

Wallace said partnerships have been created with UT as well as surrounding hospitals in Fort Sanders to utilize parking space for Cumberland patrons once the project is completed. However,

some at Monday’s meeting had doubts.

“I already have enough trouble as it is to find parking for stores on Cumberland,” Kara Gallagher, junior in political science, said. “I don’t know where visitors would park to then go and enjoy the Strip.”

Other concerns dealt with the third option for the project, which would only include widening sidewalks and making simple superficial changes when possible. Some referred to these aesthetic changes during the meeting as “putting lipstick on a pig.”

A 10-day comment period started on the day of the forum, and all comments will be reviewed by the end of spring, the deadline for final concepts and designs.

The project is expected to take approximately 12 months once started. Further information on the project and an area for comments can be found at www.cityofknoxville.org/cumberland/.

Guyana political gadfly arraigned in child rape GEORGETOWN, Guyana — A television broadcaster and perennial presidential candidate in Guyana was ordered jailed Tuesday on a child rape charge.

Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson ordered Chandra Narine Sharma sent to jail to await a hearing next month at which the judge will decide if the prosecution has enough evidence to put him on trial.

Sharma, 60, leader of the minor opposition party Justice for All, is accused of raping a 7-year-old child in this South American country about six years ago.

Judge says ex-Detroit mayor violated probation DETROIT — Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated terms of his probation by failing to report assets and turn over tax refunds, a judge ruled Tuesday, strongly suggesting he may send him to jail when he’s sentenced next month.

Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner said Kilpatrick could remain free on bond pending his sentencing on May 25 and ordered state corrections officials to prepare a pre-sentence report

by May 18.

Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in 2008 after sexually explicit text messages became public, showing he had lied under oath about an affair with a staff member in a whistleblowers’ lawsuit. The 39-yearold resigned, served 99 days in jail, agreed to give up his law license, repay the city $1 million and stay out of politics for five years.

Some EU flights resume but travel chaos not over LONDON— European airports lurched back to life on Tuesday, but the travel gridlock created by Iceland’s volcanic ash plume was far from over: Officials said it would be weeks before tens of thousands of stranded travelers can be brought home.

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The UT Lady Vols rowing team finished fourth at the Lake Natoma Invitational in Sacramento, California. Tennessee took on the likes of 13th-ranked Washington State and 20th-ranked Minnesota. After taking a week to rest, the Lady Vols will head back out on the road to challenge the Princeton Tigers May 1 in New Jersey.

UT rowing takes fourth in stacked field Terrence Boone Staff Writer Having to travel across the country against some of the best teams on the West Coast may have seemed like a daunting task to the Tennessee Lady Vol rowing team. Luckily, the 17th-ranked Orange and White put on an impressive showing by finishing fourth at the Lake Natoma Invitational in Sacramento, Calif.

Lady Vol head coach Lisa Glenn came away pleased with what her team learned from this past weekend.

“I thought it was extremely beneficial for us to go out there,” she said. “I think that the athletes in every crew that we had racing learned a great deal about racing and their own crews and their strengths and also about some of their limitations that we’re going to need to work on.”

On the first day of competition, the Lady Vols scored 25 points in six races. The varsity four team led off the regatta with a third place finish in

the third flight behind 13th-ranked Washington State and 20th-ranked Minnesota. The following race would provide a spark for the Lady Vols, as the second varsity eight team won their heat with a time of 6:39.40.

The last race of the first session saw the Lady Vols put together a second place result as the top varsity eight team lost by only a second to Washington State. Glenn noted how important it was for each crew to remain focused on the task at hand.

“Once it comes to race day, it’s very important that each crew stay focused on themselves and their performance and not get too wrapped up in what’s going on among the other crews,” Glenn said.

On Sunday, the Lady Vols rallied past 14thranked Wisconsin to secure fourth place in the regatta and first place in Group B. Setting the tone for the Lady Vols was the varsity four team. They provided a second place finish behind the Badgers to keep UT within striking distance. With the

same result posted by the second varsity eight team, it all came down to the Lady Vols final event of the varsity top eight.

In the heat with Wisconsin and Louisville, the Big Orange put on a solid display in winning by nearly five seconds over Wisconsin. By virtue of winning that race with a time of 6:36.0, Tennessee claimed fourth place with the tiebreaker over Wisconsin as each team had 40 total points for the regatta.

Melissa Toms, a junior in the second varsity eight boat, discussed how the team has come together since early January.

“I think we’ve done a lot of great work since the beginning of the season,” Toms said. “I think it’s coming along really well. I think we still have some more room to improve because you don’t want to be peaking this early in the season anyway.”

After a week off, Tennessee faces another tough task in New Jersey as they take on sixth-ranked Princeton Tigers on May 1st.

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Wednesday, April 21 — • 7 p.m. — Part of the “Poverty, Energy and Environment” mini-summit, the documentary “Coal Country: Rising Up Against Mountaintop Removal Mining” is screened in the Hodges Library Auditorium.

The movie’s producer, Mari-Lynn Evans, will introduce the film and speak about it. The film is free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 22 —

• 3:40 p.m. — S. Thomas Autrey, catalysis science scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., speaks on “Chemical Hydrogen Storage in NHxBHx Compounds” in room 415 of Buehler Hall. This chemistry seminar is free and open to the public.

• 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. — The International House hosts a Chinese calligraphy demonstration in the I-House. A professional artist will lead the free demonstration.

• 7:30 p.m. — David Quammen, an awardwinning science, nature and travel writer, speaks on “Charles Darwin: The Secret Life of a Reluctant Revolutionary” in the UC Auditorium. Quammen’s talk is free and open to the public.

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Quarterback Matt Simms lines up under center during last Saturday’s Orange and White scrimmage at Neyland Stadium. Simms, a native of Franklin Lakes, N. J., led all quarterbacks on 12-of-26 passing and one touchdown. He and quarterback Tyler Bray are the frontrunners to take the starting QB position, vacated by two-year starter Jonathon Crompton, who will look to go pro during this weekend’s NFL Draft.

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‘Conviction’ revamps series, adds replay value Nathan Berger Staff Writer “Splinter Cell: Conviction” resuscitates the series in much the same way that “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” did for Kojima’s franchise. Unlike the prequel “Double Agent,” “Conviction” plays like a true next-gen title, with solid graphics that were designed for the Xbox 360.

The game play has been completely revamped. Fisher now moves more like a silent, powerful predator, instead of the ever-cautious and fragile operative from previous games. It’s no longer one detection and mission over; most parts of the campaign can be played run-and-gun style, though it’s usually more beneficial and rewarding to use the game’s well-designed stealth mechanics.

The mark-and-execute system is the most noticeable — and welcome — game play addition. After disabling a target with a hand-to-hand attack (which are visually amazing), Fisher earns an “exe-

cute” token. Players then tag up to four targets depending on their equipped weapon, and then with one button, take out the tagged enemies in an automated cinema graphic sequence.

This isn’t as easy as it sounds. In later levels it can be quite difficult to get close enough to an enemy to earn the execute token, and getting line of sight to multiple enemies at once without being detected is tricky.

And that’s where Fisher’s trusty supply of gadgets comes in. Returning from previous games are the sticky cam and snake camera. The former is invaluable for scouting around corners, as well as distracting enemies with its built-in noise maker.

Many third-person shooters struggle with cover mechanics (“Mass Effect 2,” anyone?), but “Conviction” nails it. Using the same schematic from the “Rainbow Six: Vegas” series, players enter cover by holding the left trigger and exit by releasing it. These controls take some getting

used to, especially for those who are still hooked on “Modern Warfare 2,” but they are much more suited for the stealth game play “Conviction” capitalizes on.

Halfway through the campaign players are given the sonar goggles, which allow Fisher to see through walls and mark unseen targets. The limitation to this is that when Fisher starts moving, the sonar image begins to distort. The sonar is a very well-balanced tool and a needed improvement on Fishers night-vision goggles that have been present since the first “Splinter Cell” in 2002.

The campaign itself is only five or six hours long, but the missions are solid and varied enough so that there are no lulls in the action. The plot is the typical political espionage formula players have come to expect from the Tom Clancy franchise, and while it isn’t as intriguing as it could have been, it isn’t distracting either.

Multiplayer will offer the most replay value in the game. “Conviction” offers a whole separate, albeit shorter, co-op cam-

paign so players can tag-team those pesky terrorists, illegal arms dealers, or whatever. It is incredibly rewarding to set up and perform joint tactics; one player distracts enemies while the other sneaks up behind them, or player one sets up a nest of proximity mines while player two lures unsuspecting foes into the explosive ambush.

“Conviction”’s multiplayer suite also offers an adaptation of Gears of War’s horde mode and a versus mode where two players square off against each other and the AI. With its improved game play and multiplayer options, “Conviction” overcomes its short campaign with a high replay value. For gamers who have been with the series since the original “Splinter Cell,” “Conviction” is a much needed installment, and for those who haven’t participated in Sam Fisher’s exploits, now is an excellent time to start.

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Columnist fails to recognize value of liberal arts education As an alumnus, I am writing this letter in response to Anna Parker’s April 19 column dismissing the value of the education she has received at UT. Parker suggests that the promotion of university education in developed nations is some sort of conspiracy, and along the way, she manages to make the odd worthwhile point, such as her support of skills training.

Where she falls woefully short, though, is in understanding the value — both real and monetary — of her own education. She sees clearly her degree as unmarketable, but the reality is quite different. According to a 2006 study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers backed by data drawn from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those with liberal arts degrees — such as Parker’s English degree — do take longer to get into a career than those with some other degrees, but six years after graduation those holding a liberal arts degree are just as likely to have a job that the holder considers to be a career as those with business or accounting degrees. What’s more, 10 years after graduation the differences in income between these groups have become statistically insignificant. Perhaps more importantly, those with liberal arts degrees report higher rates of job satisfaction than those with business degrees.

What saddens me most about Parker’s column, however, is that she never discusses what is truly important about her degree. She flippantly and disparagingly refers to her reading of “Gulliver’s Travels” and suggests that the taxpayer should not have been burdened with the cost of her time in the classroom spent with that classic, but she gives no indication of understanding why she read it — to enhance her critical thinking skills through exposure to a brilliant piece of social commentary. The true value of a liberal arts degree is not in teaching a student how to insert tab A into slot B, but rather in providing the skills necessary to understand complex ideas while forming complex analyses. Hopefully, at some level, Anna understands that and her column is simply the result of fear and uncertainty about her impending graduation.

Scott Hendrix UT alumnus and former Beacon columnist Assistant professor of history at Carroll University

Constitution altered by process, not judge’s interpretation Unlike Sam Smith’s activist judge described in his April 12 column, our next Supreme Court Justice should interpret the Constitution as having the same meaning today as when it was drafted. Our representatives voted on clauses that have meaning to them. When you accept the philosophy that the meaning of the Constitution changes through the years into whatever you feel it ought to say, you have just eliminated the entire purpose of a constitution.

Smith is right in that the Constitution is a living document, though the rationale for arriving at this conclusion is flawed. When Thomas Jefferson said, “The Constitution belongs to the living and not the dead,” he was not suggesting that judges can decide that it means something other than that for which our representatives agreed to vote. Rather, he was referring to the legislative amendment process the founding fathers so wisely included in our constitution. The Constitution may be changed by the legislative process, not by an activist judge — that is the essence of a living constitution and the standard to apply to all judges.

Nicholas Gibby Junior in management

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‘Vol’ label reinforces division, ‘campus war’ No tes fr om t h e U n d e rg ra d by

Amien Essif

The DJ on our college radio station closed a segment with an uplifting “UT: Home of the Vols!”

But who are the Vols?

This is a serious question. I know who the Vols aren’t. They are not the Crimson Tide or the Tarheels or the Yankees or the Taliban or that group of women who sit on the corner of Broadway and Clinch on Sundays in their patio chairs directing cars into the church parking lot.

Or maybe those women are the Vols, or at least one Vol apiece.

If an official faculty senate inquiry were to confirm my suspicion that the terms “Vol” and “Volunteer” referred exclusively to members of the various sports teams on campus, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Here’s my analysis of the situation: The term “Volunteer” as it is used in this sense jibes with sports because it can be traced back to the early 19th century when Tennessee gained a reputation for its population of young men eager to help drive off native populations of American Indians and Mexicans, and of course the British, too.

The University of Tennessee has picked up the nickname “Volunteers” not just because of the association with the state, but because this is the kind of university people come to because of football, which is the closest thing we have to war. It’s a war you can get tickets to and watch the young men volunteers “give their all for Tennessee today,” which everyone knows means nothing. What do we really have against Alabama besides a jealousy for their football team that shouldn’t even be our jealousy since we’re not the ones playing football?

The nice and inclusive way of thinking about the term “Vols” is to imagine it refers to all who support our sports teams, which should theoretically be everyone at UT. But that just isn’t true. Very often, the professors, who are the very reason the concept of a university means anything at all, keep far away from campus on game days so they can pretend things aren’t so

bad.

But even if everyone on campus was a sports fan, one would be more likely to say, “I saw a couple of Vol fans spray painting some stop signs” than simply “a couple of Vols,” implying that those who are not on the football team are just fans, not the real Vols.

The point is that even if someone tried to call me a Vol, I would still be a second-class Vol since I have absolutely no affiliation to the campus war machine known as sports and don’t want to.

And I think this is embarrassing for our university. Students with uncommon recreational preferences are given second-class labels with no thought to what actually makes a university a university.

And it gets worse. A university that can call itself Orange Nation isn’t “ready for the world.”

The term synthesizes nationalism, which any academic authority will tell you is not on the agenda for a liberal education.

To make things even worse, the term “Orange Nation” has hegemonic connotations. It refers to a strange fantasy that our sports team is a heroic institution leading us into conquest of the world.

Have you seen the orange tank rolling around campus like some fascist invasion force occupying our flagship university with an embarrassing proportion of collaboration?

Maybe some of us don’t interpret it that way.

But the tank is an advanced military weapon designed to destroy things, and it’s wearing our school colors. It doesn’t take a semiologist to read something into that.

Or perhaps this is a bubbling up of the Crusades fantasy with definite religious overtones. The evidence for this is that once our football team creates an Orange Nation, securing perfect dominion over all other universities, there will be no more football or football parties.

Everything will be over. The fun is only in the competition, but still we fantasize of an Orange Nation where all is conquered and finished, like an apocalypse brought on by Christian world dominion. No one really wants to see an end to the world, but it still makes us feel good to think we’re going to be on top when it comes.

So if UT is the “Home of the Vols,” maybe I am a Vol. That’s beyond me. But I sure wouldn’t have invited that label on myself, not with its Trail-of-Tears history, its anti-academic present and its apocalyptic future.

— Amien Essif is a junior in English literature.

He can be reached at aessif@utk.edu.

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It’s that time of year here in America’s No. 1 hotspot for asthma and allergies. No, I’m not talking about allergy season; it would be a little redundant if I were.

Instead, I’m talking about the end of the school year, marked by the sweet scent of freedom and irresponsibility (which none of us can smell yet due to the immense amount of pollen in the air).

Speaking of freedom and irresponsibility, George Washington has made the news again lately. And while this news may have made a better column yesterday during the informal National Marijuana Day, it may actually be a more apt subject for the even more informal National “Man ... I forgot all about that” Day. (That’s today if you forgot all about it.)

George Washington, one of our nation’s founding fathers and a notorious cannabis farmer, apparently owes a New York library somewhere in the neighborhood of $4,500 for two overdue library books he checked out in 1789. The books, “Law of Nations” and the 12th volume of “Common Debates,” have been collecting four pence (not sure what this equates to in American money) per day since Washington was supposed to return them 221 years ago.

Now I’m not sure what could have come up in Washington’s schedule that would have prevented him from returning his books on time and in good condition.

However, I am sure that Washington is only one great example in a long line of

American forgetfulness.

Washington probably had a pretty easy time slipping off the library’s radar.

Apparently, George didn’t even sign his name; he elected only to write the word “President” on the checkout ledger. I’m sure that the librarian didn’t ask twice when Washington said he’d bring the books back in a timely fashion. But our nation’s first president didn’t need a second warning to skip town; he’d dropped his backpack in the Potomac and ruined both the books. Being a huge klutz, Washington was rightfully insecure about his clumsiness and general irresponsibility. So, in order to mask his errors, George, like any good American, ran away from his problems. By the time the library did another inventory of their books, the nation had another president, and John Adams had to deal with a number of nasty letters from the New York library concerning the overdue books.

Certainly, there is a point to all of this.

We are all guilty of being forgetful from time to time (especially, say, on the day after National Marijuana Day). But that is no reason to just completely disregard any responsibilities that we’ve forgotten about.

Oftentimes, other people are counting on or expecting us to follow through with something, and it really screws up their plans when we don’t follow through with our obligations. And while it does kind of suck to admit you’re at fault for something, it’s usually much better for everyone involved if you simply apologize and get your stuff done as quickly as you can.

We can’t all skip town with overdue library fees, after all ... there’d be no books left for anybody to rent.

— Kel Thompson is a junior in creative writing. He can be reached at kthomp28@utk.edu.

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Zombie prequel expands Austen’s classic tale description of the invasion of the zombies upon the idyllic nineteenth-century English society, which causes Mr. Bennet to train all of his five daughters to become zombie slayers and efficient in the anti-brain eating cause. In their training, the Bennet girls find a transition from docile children to heroic and confident women. Also, Hockensmith introduces original characters like Master Hawksworth, Lord Lumpley and the nolimb Captain Cannon and is completely original in all aspects of the novel.

Though Hockensmith’s descriptions of the zombie related activities are, let’s say, gross at times, this author provides hilarious dialogues and witty writing style. Yet, while being an entertaining read, the modern language that Hockensmith implements at times creates a separation from the original Jane Austen and Grahame-Smith’s novel.

But if you thought that Austen’s language and prose was too distracting to read, then this novel could definitely be for you with its ease of language, brain munching and zombie slaying action and laughter inducing situations.

“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls” is an ingenious and well thoughtout novel that captures Austen’s themes as well as adds modern language and humor. And due to the escalating popularity of the “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” series, Lionsgate plans to release the film version of the book series in 2011, which is set to feature Natalie Portman.

And if that movie does well in the Box Office, expect the prequel to come to a theater near you.

Amanda Wulforst Staff Writer Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a 19thcentury novel based on class-consciousness, reputation and, of course, love. “Pride and Prejudice” has sold millions of copies worldwide since its first release in 1813 and has become so monstrously popular that movies, television series and even books have been adapted from it.

The most dramatic adaptation, however, lies in the Quirk Classic Books release of the parody novel “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” by Seth Grahame-Smith in March 2009. Grahame-Smith’s novel focuses on an alternate universe of Regency England ensconced in zombies. In this novel, Elizabeth Bennet encounters the same plotline as in the original: meet a man, have distaste for the man due to his countenance, find out he’s really a great man and live happily ever after with said man. Except, there are scenes in the novel where zombies eat people or where the Bennet girls or other characters smash zombies, which causes general chaos.

But in March of 2010, Steve Hockensmith released his prequel to Grahame-Smith’s novel: “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls.” This novel, unlike Grahame-Smith’s version, is in uncharted territory, where Hockensmith tells a story of what happens before Elizabeth becomes an expert zombie slayer and before she meets her prideful love, Mr. Darcy.

Unlike Grahame-Smith, Hockensmith creates an entirely new story and does not just insert zombies into Austen’s original plotline and language. The prequel provides the reader with a

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6 • The Daily Beacon

THESPORTSPAGE

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Tennis Vols claim regular season SEC title Kevin Huebschman Staff Writer It was a successful week for UT’s two tennis teams as both the Vols and the Lady Vols wrapped up their regular seasons with conference victories over the Georgia Bulldogs.

Vols The second-ranked men’s season finale finished in much the same way the rest of its season played out: in near perfection. The Vols (23-1, 11-0 SEC) handled No. 10 Georgia (17-6, 9-2) in Knoxville, winning 6-1 to claim the team’s first outright SEC championship in a decade.

Throughout the season, UT head coach Sam Winterbotham has consistently attributed his team’s success to its ability to work as one, and he said the same Saturday, even attributing the team’s celebration after Matteo Fago’s clinching victory to a team mentality.

“It’s a team,” Winterbotham said.

“It’s what winning teams do. For me, we always tell them at the start of the year, ‘It’s our program, but it’s your team. And you have the oppor-

tunity this year, to accomplish whatever your team accomplishes.’

“So when you see a team jumping up and down as excited as that, that just makes you proud and glad that you’re part of it.”

The second-ranked doubles team of junior John-Patrick Smith and senior Davey Sandgren began the match with an early loss, but it would be the last time Georgia would provide a serious threat. The No. 7 pair of junior Boris Conkic and freshman Rhyne Williams followed shortly after with an 8-4 win from the No. 2 slot and freshman Edward Jones and junior Fago sealed the point with an 8-3 win from No. 3.

Tennessee continued to roll as Smith, enjoying his new No. 1 national ranking, won 6-2, 6-2 from the No. 1 position, and No. 47 Williams nearly earned a shutout, winning the first 10 games of his 60, 6-1 victory from No. 3 before No. 112 Fago followed from the fifth slot, 6-2, 7-6, to clinch the match.

Davey Sandgren continued his undefeated run since replacing the injured Matt Brewer, winning 6-3, 76 from the No. 6 position, and his younger brother, freshman Tennys

unable to hold on, losing 2-6, 6-0, 67.

Winterbotham said he expects the team to enjoy the victory, but their job isn’t done yet.

“More than anything, that was the first goal, the SEC,” he said.

“Now we’ll enjoy it and turn to the second goal, which is to win the tournament.”

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The Vols tennis team finished out a perfect SEC season with a win over Georgia this past weekend.

Sandgren, ranked 105th, wrapped up the Vols’ scoring with a 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 win from No. 4. Conkic, ranked 40th, fought back after losing the first set at the No. 2 slot, but was

Although the outcome of the women’s match in Athens, Ga., was similar to the men’s, the match itself was much more dramatic, as the Lady Vols fought back from a 2-0 deficit to win 4-2 to finish tied for second in the SEC. The Lady Vols began slowly, as Georgia swept the doubles matches to earn the opening point. The 11th-ranked pair of senior Caitlin Whoriskey and junior Maria Sorbello fell from the No. 1 spot, losing for the first time this season, while No. 22-ranked junior Rosalia Alda and senior Zsófia Zubor lost from No. 2 and freshman Kata Szekely and sophomore Katie Lee lost from No. 3.

Georgia opened singles play by

creating a 2-0 lead with Alda losing 6-4, 6-1 from the No. 3 position.

Following Alda’s match, however, the Bulldogs wouldn’t earn another point.

Junior Jennifer Meredith (6-4, 6-1), Zubor (6-1, 1-6, 6-2), No. 66 Sorbello (5-7, 6-3, 6-4) and No. 11 Whoriskey (7-5, 2-6, 6-4) all won from the No. 5, 4, 2 and 1 spots, respectively, to earn the comeback victory.

Lee’s match from the No. 6 spot went unfinished.

Co-head coach Sonia HahnPatrick said all the team needed was a little time to get used to the atmosphere.

“They (the team) played in a lot of tough places this year, but Athens is very unique in just the way their fans are,” Hahn-Patrick said. “I just think sometimes it takes a little time to kind of settle in and kind of soak up everything.

I think they were able to kind of calm their nerves and just really focus on what they needed to do to win.”

The win locked up the No. 3 seed for the women’s SEC tournament. Both men’s and women’s tournaments begin Friday.